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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21
NEWS g. CITIZEN.
w. M. SMITH
v. w, JEWETT

hEALER IN Italian and American Marble
- al Kinds of Granite; Monuments Head.
sIones' Tablets, sc. Cemetery work neatly eve.
ouleu, orders promptly fIIedS Cambridge, vi.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21

AuSTINfBELKNAP & SON.
DEALERS n Butter. Cheese. Beans and Pro
~ vIslonSG No. 50 Chatham St, BOSTON
AUSTIN BELKNAP. r. W. BELKNAP.
Griggs courier., 1887-09-16
FOREIGN AFEAIRs.

There. are over 1000 cases of scarlet fever
in London.
The river Nile is very high, causing
foods in the provinces Of Girameh and
Keneh.
Hanson & Wormald's woolen mills at
Dusbury, England, have been DESTROYED
by fire, causing q loss of 100000.
While big gun was being cast at
Becker's foundry in Sheffield. England, the.
gun exploded, killing five men on the spot
and injuring many Others, three of whom
have since died.
Hans Jaboks, an American citizen, has
been arrested in the Lysapell woods on the
island 9of Alsen, in the Baltic sea, on
charge of deserting from the army in 1878.
The North German Gazette refers to the.
persistence of correspondents Of London
newspapers in alleging that 9. meeting is.
impending between Emperor William and,
the Gear, and reiterates that in official,
quarters nothing is known of any such
meeting.
Many Americans went to Hawarden on
stone, and attended church where he read
Tue 10SSOQS Ol Lu0 Jay. AIC0r. C00 service.
the path from the church door-was lined on
both sides by American visitors. who greet
ed Mr.. Gladstone with much warmth as he :.
emerged on his way home. Mr.. Gladstone
retu. ned their greeting cordially.
The Theatre Royal at Exeter, Engla]
took fire Monday evening during per
formance and. the audience stampeded
insueh panic that many were needlessly
killed by being trampled upon and crushed
in the terrible fright of the moment. The
theatre was entirely burned only the walNf
rema ming standing. 1870 dead bodies were
taken from the ruins and 20 more soon died
after being taken to the hospital. The fire
originated in the flies, during pause in the
play Romanv Rye. The actors and actresses
escaped, losing everything but the clothes
they had M lon on.
As result Of the indignation meeting
held at Mitchelltown, Ireland, Tor the pur
pose Of condemning the course .ofathe gov
iernment toward Ireland, q conflict arose
between the people and the police. The
riot originated in an attempt to assault the
government stenographer, who was pres
ent to take down the speeches of Mr. La
bouchere and others. The police essayed to
project the stenographer, and were set up
on by the crowd, whereupon the constables
charged upon the crowd and repulsed them.
The mob rallied and made desperate at
tempt to seize the stenographer, when the
police fired into them, killing two men and
wOunding several.
Griggs courier., 1887-09-16

The Sultan of Turkey has been hav-
ing good deal of trouble of late. Not
long ago his harem revolted, and His
Oriental Majesty has been much an
noyed by caricatures which have an
peared in the comic journals of VIENNA.
The Sublime Porte has officially re-
quested the Austrian Government 10
interfere in behalf of the Sultan, and
the result is that the offending editors
have promised to ridicule no more the
sensitive monarch of the Turkish
Empire.
Griggs courier., 1887-09-16

NOT long ago well-known artist
sent to lady whom he had met several
lines one of his best pictures. hand
somely framed, as souvenir gift. The
next day he received a note from the
lady, in which she thanked him for the
picture, but begged to return the frame,
as she made it rule never to accept
anything valuable as a gift from gen
tleman.
Griggs courier., 1887-09-16

The happiest man in the United States
is a Detroit citizen who goes about with a
half-bushel OF hair on his head and face.
Several years ago he made vow to
wear his hair and beard uncut until the
Detroit Baseball Club won the cham.
pionship. He has already made con-
tract with a barber, on favorable terms,
for the removal of the entire mass.
Griggs courier., 1887-09-16
Grimes.

Jacob Clark, Of Louisville, 10 years old,
was nearly burned to death by his wife
Mary, aged 2S, who poured coal oil on him
and set Il on fire. Jacob will probably die.
The safe Of the county treasurer at Green
vile, o., was opened and robbed Of $4S,0O0.
The treasurer and his son have been arrest
ed, charged with embezzlement and grand
larceny. @ia
Thomas Kavs, Of Arlington, Ms, tried
Griggs courier., 1887-09-16

The exports of specie from New
York from Jan. to Sept. 8 aggregated
$12, ,74S, ,958, against $13, 3,677,5l5 for the
corresponding period last year. The
imports from Jan. to Sept. were
$14,477, ,461, against $11..4OO,527 for the
corresponding period last year.
Griggs courier., 1887-09-16
MINNESOTA.

The fund for Mary Sylvester, at Minneap-
oils now exceeds one thousand dollars.
The Northern Pacific junction post office
was robbed Sunday night Of 5000 mostly in
Coin.
Brainerd, had jail delivery four
prisoners digging through the wall and
cutting off the bars of a window.
AT Austin, a stranger stepped off of the
platform at the e. N. & st. p. depot Tuesday
evening and was struck by the switch en-.
gine causing instant death.
P. Schaefer of Melrose, one of the prom
ident men of that city, who had his foot
crushed in threshing machine near there
Saturday, died after having his leg ampu-
tated. =, a
Miss Louise B. Wilson, only daughter of
Congressman Thomas Wilson to L. Wa
Bowers, of Wilson Il Bowers. attornev15l
were married at Winona on the 7th.
The Inter State Commerce commission
will meet in Minneapolis Sept. Is to discuss
grain rates. It is understood that milling
In transit will come up for consideration.
At Freeport, Ills. David B. Staples has
been indicted by the grand jury Of
Stephenson county for an attempt to
murder Charles d. Winship, of Minneapolis,
Mimi. His bail was fixed at 5000
A special from Marquette, Mich, says the
schooner David Dows, which was supposed
to have foundered with all hands in Lake
Superior during the great gale on Tuesday
and Wednesday, arrived at port safely.
She weathered the storm without mishapa
in the open lake.
In the case Of the st. Paul, Minneapolis
& Manitoba railway company vs.. ].
Restad, appealed from the general land
Office, Acting Secretary Muldrew aff1rms
Sparks decision rejecting the claims Of the
corporation, because the company failed to
against the final proof Of the entry.man.
A car repairer was killed in the yards of
the Omaha R. R., at st. Paul. He was
working at car which was raised on jack
screws when another car was switched in
upon him. He was crushed beneath one.
end, and died an hour later, He leaves q
wife and eight children
Hon. P. Il. Kelly of st. Paul is Quoted as
saying: ''No program has been published,
can tell you for sure that President
Cleveland Will arrive in st. Paul on the
afternoon of Monday, October 10, about
O'Clock, he will not travel ON Sunday, but
will spend that day in Madison Wis.,
When last heard, of, Hal Reid, well
known young married man of Minneapolis,
was at Chicago, whittier he had fed after q
brutal criminal assault upon Maud Coulston'
pretty young actress belonging to the
West Side, st. Paul, Opera Company. Reid,
with the company at the st. Paul theatre.
The girl Is In q dangerous state.
A small cyclone, accompanied by hail and
rain, started one mile north Of Dalton, Otter
Tail county. The wheat stacks were leveled
70 the.ground. Reports from Eagle Lake say
Griggs courier., 1887-09-16

SIR LIONEL and Lady Playfair refus-
ed to attend the dinner given by Mrs.
Paran Stevens at Newport to the Duke
of Marlborough, alleging that they were
''otherwise engaged" 1t is said that
when Mrs. Stephens learned the real
reason of their refusal the atmosphere
in her vicinity suddenly assumed deep
ly cerulean hue.
Griggs courier., 1887-09-16

Miss Cora SLocUM Of New Orleans.
who is soon to marry Count Savorgan
de Brazza, the elder brother of the cele-
brated explorer, is now in Paris super
intending her trousseau. The marriage
will take place in America in October.
Miss slocum is the only child of the
late Gen. Slocum of the Confederate
army. Her mother was a noted Ame,i-
can beauty, Miss Abbey Day, of Stoning-
ton, Conn.
Griggs courier., 1887-09-16

CAMP-MEET1NG John Allen was once
chaplain of the Maine Legislature, and
one day prayed that the legislators
might be enabled to ..condense theirsde-
liberations and stop when they had got
through 'S@ r
Griggs courier., 1887-09-16

t4kill his wife, fra1g three shots y her. She
IN elast shot unhurt.s, Ihink
ing sher the put III bullet through his
own isad, dyine instantly.
1, The Srrssjjiasace ofS Cardinal Gibbons was
robbed on suiday 81 two valuabls rings,
one 6fwhichw waS presen. from Pope Leo,
and the other was loft by the late Arch
bishop Bailey and valued at $1,000.
Samuel Chew, aged 50, who was assaulted
and robbed 'bys MASKED burglars on the
nigh, Of. Aug p. near Lucas, g, has died
and Cal Spayde, have oeen arrested for the
crime. sx ssf:ta ~.
At Columbus, Ohio, one of the mott
horrible crimes committed in that city
was perpetrated by VIM. Farmer. q
woman named Agnes Jones, by cutting her
throat from ear to ear in fit of jealousy,
nearly severing the head from the body.
syl Bassett, young desperate living
near Shelbyville, Ind, was beating his saged
father Sunday night, when his brother, AZ;
on him and stabbed him five times, infict-
ing fatal injuries. At last accounts Syl was
holding the fort with shotgun and defying
arrest. f'ls'
John Weston, colored, in Wichita cut
three horrible gashes in the throat Of his
girkf Claude Waller, and then cut his own
throat and shot himself twice in the breast
He was prompted to the deed through
Jealousy, and lett note to his parents say
ing he died for love and wanted to be buried
in the same grave with Claude. ~ 4rs
Mrs. Henry Sell, of Grove Point, Ill, was
shot and instantly killed while on her way
to funeral at Mortified She was riding
in q buggy aud was struck by stray bullet
fired by one of party Of Chicago picnickers,
who were shooting at mark. The fatal
shot was fired by Frank Rinkenbergar. The
women, were placed under arrest. ts.
Aspecial from Memphis, Tenn, says Guy
Smith shot two men in 1859 at Salisbury,
Tenn, while defending his brother from
their attack. He thought he had killed them
and fed, and has since been wanderer un-
der an assumed name. Recently he
learned that the men had recovered. He
returned to his wife and family, but found
that an Indictment found against him for
murder, when it was supposed his victims
were dead, had by an over sight never been
quashed. He had to stand trial and has
just been acquitted, During his exile he
acquired fortune by speculations in Mexi-
co.
n At Omaha, Neb., Jacob, Albrec, we'll
to.do citizen, shot his wife and then killed
himself. The wife was shot in the right
breast the bsll going through her body.
She is yet alive. She says: We have been
married ten years, and never had any
trouble. .stYesterday my brother.in-law
visited me-. guess that is what caused my
husband to shoot me. He had been driuk-
ing.a After abusing me he fired Iran. q He.
fired three more shots. The cause of the
deed was jealousy. A]brec thought his
wife was too intimate with her sisters
husband. He leaves an estate worth $780,
600.
Griggs courier., 1887-09-16

SAYS Chicago paper: a man at
tracted some attention at a railway
restaurant in this city BY reverently bow
ing his mead and silently asking a
blessing upon the food that had been
placed before him. The act indicated
sublimity of filth to which few mortals
ever attain in this sin, ridden old world,
Griggs courier., 1887-09-16

REFERENCE is made in the society
cohunns. of various Eastern papers to
''Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox and hus-
band" ltmust afford the husband of
Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox much quiet
enjoyment TO see that the lapse of time
does not dim the brightness of his fame.
Griggs courier., 1887-09-16

HERMAN srR1cKER. of Reading, Pa.
has refused an offer of $4,000 for his
collection Of butterflies, said, to be- the
largest and aost4varied in existence.
Griggs courier., 1887-09-16

LORD RU1HvEN, well-known Scotch
nobleman, is running coach daily
between Hamilton and Lanark. and has
been obtaining much patronage from
Griggs courier., 1887-09-16
Mss BnAppoN 5 fiftieth liovelis abou

to appear. If quantity is taken as "a
standard, Miss Braddon's works place
her among the first of novelists. 4 s;
Griggs courier., 1887-09-16

1T appears that King Kalakaua's.
browning extrayagahce lay in building
an $8O,OOO man-o -of-war. He owes his
embarrassment to a man of war and
not woman, strange to say.
Griggs courier., 1887-09-16
I CURRENT. t'OMRTti,S'r.

PRoF. u. NJ. HopPN, of Yale,..,is
going to Europe for six months to study
Griggs courier., 1887-09-16

pACeOub Walls AIVut GuS, AItA0 Ou0N W1tu1u,
when roasting to death were still audible,
from the flames, as the roof of the house
had fallen in upon them. When the flames
had spent their fury the charred remains of
all four of the children were found in the
debris.
At Rushville, Ind, two destructive fires
occurred in one day burning two dwellings
entire, damaging others and destroying
several barns and the old wooden mills, con-
tanning machinery to the value of about $40,
The fire started in a stable belonging to
William Havens, supposed to have been
started by tramps with view to burglary,
as several of them were arrested while
robbing houses during the progress of the
fire. The total loss is estimated at SIS, 900
to $1O0,t
A special from st. Johns, New Foundland
says reports daily arriving from all parts
Of the country 60 to show that the gale Of
the 26th of August was one that win long be
remembered for the loss of life and extent
dollars will not cover the extent of damage
to property sustained by New Foundland
vessels that were on the banks during the
storm. There are as many as five banking
schooners missing from 8urin, five from
Grand Bank and one from Burgeo, all OF
which were on the banks on the morning of
the gale, and have not yet been seen OF
heard from. II the worst should come to
pass and that these vessels are lost, the
bread winners Of hundreds win have met q
Watefy grave.
Griggs courier., 1887-09-16

the Supreme Court passes on it.
On the l1th, as the New York express was
descending steep grade near Rodamer's
station w. Va, on the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad, the brakes refused to work. The
train became unmanageable, and dashed
down the grade at the rate Of Is miles an
hour. At bridge No 75 the engine, tender
and two baggage cars left the track, plung-
ing into q ravine 100 feet deep. Brakeman
number Of passengers were injured, but
none fatally. The escape of the entire train
from wreck is miraculous.
Advices from Tucson, Ariz., are to the
effect that tremendous food has swept
Southern Pacific railway between Tucson
and Benson. Full details of the disaster ars
not yet known, but the officials of the
Southern Pacific declare that it will cause
an entire cessation of traffic over the South
ern route for at least two weeks. The
disaster is the most serious Of the kind in
the history of the road.
Nellie Wood. 20 years old, and Charles
Florence, 1907 Charleston. Ohio, have elop.
ed. The girl is handsome and owns farm
In Pike county and had 81 900 In her name
in the bank. She lived with the boys wid-
Owed mother. A week ago she went on a
met IN Columbus, took the girls 81 900 and
started for California. They were Last
heard from in Chicago.
The City of Toledo, Ohio, has held nat
ural gas jubilee in honor Of the arrival Of
the new fuel in Toledo, It being piped from
the Hancock and Wood county fields.
Standpjpes were erected and Lit up the city
mall directions. A grand open-aif meeting
J was held. Mayor Hamilton presided, and
Griggs courier., 1887-09-16

Indian Commissioners Atkins n reported
TO have said the following in regard to
Griggs courier., 1887-09-16

e1',ig,l,s IL gQIe,',,,is Z /
FREeEslcK =. = ADS . Ms u Fasl' s',sr.
CONFESSIONS. 4sts'ss s'5 i. .lKu'fA
. ( ctTisKEST '7i'lE 'Sl' lE:'r COMMENT. n
l.. PROF. II. N. HoPPIN,, of Yale. lis
\ going to Europe for six months to study
art.
Miss BRADDoN' s fftieth novel is about
to appear. If quantity is taken as & a
standard, Miss Braddon's works place
her among the first of novelists. G,5. S
HERMAN STRICKEN. of Reading. Pa.
has refused All offer Of $4,000 for his
], collection Of butterflies, said to be- the
largest and mostsvaried in existence.
LORD RUTHvEN, a well-known Scotch
nobleman, is running a coach daily
between Hamilton and Lanark. and has
been obtaining much patronage from
tourists.
y 1T appears that King Kalakaua's S
browning extrava gahce lay in building
an $8O,000 man-of-war. He owes his
embarrassment to man of war and
not a woman, strange to say.
CAMP-MEET1NG John Allen was once
chaplain of the Maine Legislature, and
one day prayed that the legislators
might be enabled to, ..condense theirsde-
iberations and stop when they had got
through a
The exports of specie from New
York from Jan. to Sept. aggregated
$12, ,74s, 958, against $13, 3,677, ,5l5 for the
corresponding period last year. The
imports from Jan. to Sept. were
$14,477, ,461. against s11..400,527 for the
corresponding period last year.
REFERENCE is made in the society
cofuNns of various Eastern papers to
''Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox and hus-
band" ltmust afford the husband of
Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox much quiet
enjoyment TO see that the lapse of time
does not dim the brightness of his fame.
SAYS Chicago paper: A man at
tracted some; attention at IA railway
restaurant in this city by reyerently bow
ing his mead and silently asking a
blessing upon the food that had been
placed before him. The act indicated
sublimity of filth to which few mortals
ever attain in this sin, ridden old worlds
SIR LIONEL and Lady Playfair refus-
ed to attend the dinner given by Mrs.
Paran Stevens at Newport to the Duke
of Marlborough, alleging that they were
"otherwise engaged" It is said that
when Mrs. Stephens learned the real
reason OF their refusal the atmosphere
in her vicinity suddenly assumed a deep
ly cerulean hue.
The happiest man in the United States
is Detroit citizen who goes about with
half-bushel OF hair on his head and face.
Several years ago he made vow to
wear his hair and beard uncut until the
Detroit Baseball Club won the cham.
pionship. He has already made con-
tract with barber, on favorable terms,
for the removal of the entire mass
NOT long ago wel-known artist
sent to lady whomhe had met several
lines one of his best pictures. hand
somely framed, as souvenir gift. The
next day he received note from the
lady, in which she thanked him for the
picture. but begged to return the frame,
as she made it rule never to accept
anything valuable as gift from gen
tleman.
Miss Cora SLocuM of New Orleans,
Griggs courier., 1887-09-16

tourists.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-10-06

COLUMBIA S. Z. Z. CoMPANY.--At The
regular monthly meeting Of the Columbia
s. +. Il. Co. lass night, President WA A.
Smoot occupied the chair with Mr.. ]. II.
S.rider secretary. Two applicants were
elected TO activemembership. The commit
tee appointed ut special meeting TO prepare
suitable resolutions of respect 20 the memory
Of Charles Hsrdy deceased, late member
Of this company, submitted their report
which was unanimously adopted. On nc
ton, Messrs. Snoot, Strider and Dniley we're
made committee of three to prepare resc-
lutioas Of thanks TO the members Of Column
bia Company and the fire department in
general of Allentown, Pa, for the maay
cnur,esias extended the members OF this
company on the occasion al their recent visit
to that city.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-10-06

MRS. rISsI9 s,,,r5si...i .-,.T: .pi!-
dren teething, Is tne rIoscrin&:on ~ cl., o. The
best female nurse and iays;cial.- in n; Jsitet
States, aad KS ocan used i1r ;5ET5- years y IN
mover failing NJ .niiions OF cnof4t,s ior
their children. During tno process o. tse;lrg
its yalaa IS iuaalculabi, !. f..i:aycs ,le c-z:c
from PAIN, cures dyscntc.y ai,i ,.errhni. ,,ri.ns
in the towels, and w;us,-;pic. ~ .av...s hc-.sn
70 the child il ras's eh. hes. FT;oe - cen.5
hot'a r,.-iv-r ~
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a line horse 69Ionging % Mr.. j. R zlm
norman was taken suddenly iii las. niaht
and died in q few hours.
Marriage licenses were issued in Wash
iagton yesterday TO Israel Jecnb C,'os, and
l.illey Hulme, both of Faiiny cunt; ans
L: DAWN Meade. jr.. of Carrie canniy. nud
Mary 4. johnson, cf Lolnoun.
1t is said that the yacht Sea Belle, mentioned
yesterday as being on the ways at the ship yard,
is the image of the Volunteer except her color.
She IS Boston yacht 100.
Ranch No. 10" was excellenty rendered at TIE
Opera House last night before a large audienSc.
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For ALL forms Of nasal catarrh where there is
dryness of the air passage with what is commonly
called STIRLING up" especially when going TO bed,
Elys Crcsm Balm gives perfect and immediate
relief. Its benefit TO me has been lrriceleSs.-A.
G. CHASE, NJ. D., MillwooG, Kanssa.
THE BOTTLE Of Ely's Cream Balm that ! obtain
cd Of you last summer has entirely cured my little
boy of severe ATTACK OF cstsrrh.-llrs SALLIE
DAVIS, Green Post ,flice. ALL
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-10-06

A PuRILous PREDICAAENr,-Ees terday
evening number Of cadets Of st Johns
Academy descended into tho old ice house
in the rea7 OF tAe grounds OF the academy,
an3 for amuseaent kindle6 = fra, Gs!us 2
uaandt: cf Cd straw, ctr. Inc flames soon
20. beyoad their control, wren they at
tempted 10 get cDy oS The ice house by means
ofa rcpo. The latter hrc&e, however, and
hey tound themselves in serious prediea
mea- Troy then called for he!p, oa' tleiH
cries Wa.e unbeard and il lie meantime
tho houso was becomin4 fol Of smoke AID
ihey fell; themselves b=iac suiiocated Their
c.ies then became much louder and were
finally heard, when relief came aud the i'm
prsoned and suducatjug cad5t5 we're assist
cd from what came rear being their
crematory. The flames IL The ice house
were soon afterwards eztiaguished, and be-
fora snv damage had been done.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-10-06
r. T'he Medical Examining Board

o. Virginia. OF which DR.. Bedford Brown, Of
this city, DR.. Alexander Harris, of Cupcper CO.,
and Or. Conway, also Of Culpeper members
for this the 6th Congressional district OF the
STATE, will convene in the Senate chamber at
Richmond or Monday evening, October II, 1887,
at o'clock. All persons desiring 10 practice
medicine in this State, who have not heretofore
complied with the provisions Of the "lledical
Lac" should present themselves before this board
for permission to obtain license to practice, at
g. ~ Tuesday October 18th, 1887. 1t
lsg5- The regular monthly meeting of the Re-
lief Hoob and Ladder Company will be held Fri
day evening Oct I at 7:30 o'clock
oct6 - c. II. PICKIN, Secretary.
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Property SALEs.-Mr. F. H. Harper,
vile ct al. have sold to Mr.. R. B. Cogan
fVe-sixths of the tenement and lot ofground
on The north side of King street, between
Payne and West, % feet front, for 5000, and
Dir. D. W. Beatty ct al. have sold to the
same the other sixth part of the property
for Sl25.
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THE PocAHoNrAs.-Mr. r. NJ. Fryer. Of
the Arrow Steamship Company, arrived
acre to day from New York, and brings the
most encouraging reports of the affairs OF
that company. Orders have been issued 70:
the purchase Of large quantities of iron to
be used ia the construction Of the proposed
Pocahontas, and Mr. Fryer left here this
evening for Baltimore to make the peces-
sarv contracts